One of the two women being tried over Diego Maradona’s death has angrily denied sleeping with him – after his ex-lover went public with the health professional’s WhatsApp sensational sex ‘confession.’
Veronica Ojeda, who has a 12-year-old son called Benji with the football legend, exposed Agustina Cosachov in a weekend media interview by revealing messages the psychiatrist shared with one of the other defendants.
Psychologist Carlos Diaz said in their WhatsApp exchange: ‘You f****d the fat man, you b***h!’ prompting the psychiatrist to respond: ‘Hahaha. Well, therapy is therapy, everyone has their own technique!’
Cosachov initially claimed through an aide the comments, said to form part of prosecution case files, were ‘ironic’ and denied her relationship with former Napoli and Barcelona star Maradona was anything other than professional.
As the furore grew over the weekend, she went on to insist the WhatsApp messages had been ‘taken out of context’ and she would never have sex with a patient in a furious overnight Instagram response.
Cosachov, charged with homicide with possible intent following Maradona’s November 25 2020 death from heart failure and facing up to 25 years if convicted, raged: ‘I do not usually make statements, but on this occasion I am forced to clarify the following due to the seriousness of the lie spread and the pain it generates in me and my family, my professional image and even the figure of Mr Diego Armando Maradona.
One of the two women being tried over Diego Maradona’s death – Agustina Cosachov – has denied sleeping with him
Maradona, pictured shaking hands with Leopoldo Luque (left) two weeks before his death, passed away in November 2020
Cosachov replied: ‘Hahaha. Well, therapy is therapy, everyone has their own technique!’ when it was said she ‘f****d’ Maradona
‘What has been said about an alleged intimate relationship with my patient is completely false and deeply unfair.
‘I have never maintained, nor would I maintain, any other type of relationship with a patient other than a strictly medical/patient one.
‘This applies not only to Mr Maradona, but to every one of my patients who I deeply respect.
‘The WhatsApp chats that are circulating are taken out of context and correspond to a private and clearly sarcastic dialogue with a colleague.
‘I understand that this private dialogue, which should never have been made public, may be open to misinterpretation.
‘But it is essential to understand that it was an intimate and informal conversation with a colleague.’
She went on to admit the WhatsApp exchange occurred in November 2020, shortly before Maradona died at a house in Tigre near Buenos Aires where he had agreed to be interned shortly after leaving hospital following a brain clot.
She claimed her ‘ironic’ comments were a response to the stress and pressure she felt then as well as ‘misleading’ press reports at the time describing her as the ‘new woman in Diego Maradona’s life.’
Psychologist Carlos Diaz said in the WhatsApp exchange: ‘You f****d the fat man, you b***h!’
Cosachov took to social media to brand the allegations ‘completely false and deeply unfair’
The trial, which started on March 11, is set to continue until the summer – a court is trying seven of the eight people charged over Maradona’s death
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Cosachov’s Maradona sex ‘admission’ and denial marks a new twist in the much-followed trial that started on March 11 and is set to continue until the summer.
A Buenos Aires court is trying seven of the eight people charged over the football legend’s death.
Maradona’s doctor Leopoldo Luque, Cosachov, Diaz and four other health professionals are in the dock – nurses Ricardo Almiron, Nancy Forlini and Mariano Perroni and doctor Pedro Di Spagno.
An eighth person, nurse Gisella Dahiana Madrid, will be tried separately later this year.
They are all charged with homicide with possible intent which can be punished with a prison sentence of between eight and 25 years in Argentina.
On the first day of the trial public prosecutor Patricio Ferrari said Diego spent the last days of his life in a ‘House of Horror’ after he left hospital and agreed to home care.
During his hard-hitting opening speech he held up a photo in the packed courtroom of the man regarded by many as the world’s best-ever footballer, lying on his back in bed with his bloated stomach exposed under a lifted-up black T-shirt, and said: ‘This is the way he died.’
Late last month the trial judges ordered the arrest of Diego’s former bodyguard on suspicion of perjury.
Maradona’s doctor Leopoldo Luque (centre), Cosachov, Carlos Diaz and four other health professionals are in the dock
Last month, trial judges ordered the arrest of Diego’s former bodyguard on suspicion of perjury
The criminal investigation launched shortly after Maradona was found lifeless in bed was initially classified as a manslaughter probe
Julio Cesar Coria was driven away from the courtroom in a police car in handcuffs after being accused of giving false testimony.
Prosecutor Mr Ferrari alleged Coria had lied when he said he hadn’t spoken with Leopoldo Luque before the footballer’s death and wasn’t the neurosurgeon’s friend.
The prosecutor produced a series of WhatsApp messages between the ex-bodyguard and Luque which included an invitation to a barbecue and conversations about Maradona’s health.
Mr Ferrari also claimed Coria had perjured himself by failing to mention that Cosachov had performed CPR on Diego when he gave a first sworn statement but claimed from the witness stand she HAD tried to revive the footballer.
The criminal investigation launched shortly after Maradona was found lifeless in bed was initially classified as a manslaughter probe.
It was reclassified as a homicide investigation following a damning report by a medical board which concluded Maradona’s care team acted ‘inadequately, deficiently and recklessly.’
Luque, who like the other defendants denies the accusations they are being tried on, broke down in tears days after Maradona’s shock death following a search of his home near Buenos Aires and claimed: ‘If I’m responsible for anything when it comes to Diego, it was loving him, caring for him, improving his life to the end and extending it.’
After his death it emerged Maradona had been buried without his diseased heart, which at 503 grams weighed almost double that of a normal heart for a man his age.
Maradona pictured with his two daughters, Gianinna (left) and Dalma (centre right), and ex-wife Claudia Villafane in 2008
Doctor and journalist Nelson Castro said at the time part of the reason had been to prevent fans from stealing it.
The first court session was streamed live online but it was subsequently decided not to continue with that policy.
Maradona’s daughter Jana told the court during her evidence her sisters Dalma and Gianinna had wanted to get their dad admitted to a clinic before his death but said Luque had rejected the idea.
Last week doctors testified Maradona should not have undergone surgery two weeks before his death and monitoring of his clinical progress would have been sufficient.
